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cacoethically

Syllables: ca·co·e·thic·al·ly/ˌkakəʊˈiːθɪk(ə)li/

cacoethically adverb: in a cacoethic (or cacoethical) manner.

Adverb

cacoethically (comparative more cacoethically, superlative most cacoethically)

  1. In a cacoethic (or cacoethical) manner.
    • […] or it might be extenuated cacoethically, as though a new crop of fancies were sprung up already, an after-math rank and wild, before the gladdening shower of commendation has yet freshened-up my brown hay-field; […]1841, “Appendix. An Afterthought.”, in M[artin] F[arquhar] Tupper, editor, An Author's Mind: The Book of Title-pages, London: Richard Bentley, New Burlington Street, →OCLC, pages 276–277

Forms of cacoethically

comparativemore cacoethically
superlativemost cacoethically

Origin of cacoethically

From cacoethic + -ally or cacoethical + -ly.

Questions about cacoethically

What does cacoethically mean?
Cacoethically means in a cacoethic (or cacoethical) manner.
What part of speech is cacoethically?
Cacoethically is an adverb.
How do you pronounce cacoethically?
Cacoethically is pronounced /ˌkakəʊˈiːθɪk(ə)li/.

Words near cacoethically in the dictionary

  1. cacoepy
  2. cacoethe
  3. cacoethes
  4. cacoethic
  5. cacoethical
  6. cacoethically
  7. cacoethics
  8. cacogamy
  9. cacogastric
  10. cacogenesis
  11. cacogenic

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